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GOOD THINGS

Arnold & Porter has been named to the first-ever list of "Best Law Firms for Working Mothers" published by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC.

J. Triplett Mackintosh authored a chapter of White Collar Law Defense Strategies: Leading Lawyers on Preparing for Trial, Offering Evidence, and Overcoming the Challenges of a White Collar Crime Case.

Holland & Hart was awarded three Bronze Telly Awards, which honor the best film and video productions in the world. The firm’s "Business Class" advertising campaign was recognized with two awards, and the first segment in the campaign, featuring client Outlast Technologies, Inc., also was honored.

DeVoe

Chapman

Adam T. DeVoe was appointed to the charities board of directors of the Metro Denver Sports Commission.

C.J. Chapman was appointed to the Denver Kids, Inc. board of directors.

Katina Banks, a senior associate with Dorsey & Whitney, was appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

Hall & Evans is proud to announce that Beth A. Dickhaus has become special counsel.

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter is pleased to announce that Kristi L. Blumhardt has joined the firm as an associate in the employment group.

David H. Miller is doing temporary duty as the Director of the Colorado Civil Rights Division. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that Richard Benenson has rejoined the firm as of counsel. Philip A. Gosch has joined as a shareholder.

Madsen

Hon. Patricia A. Madsen has joined Legal Resolution Center to lead the firm’s water law arbitration and mediation practice.

Shane Niebergall has joined Holland & Hart as of counsel in the Business Department.

Fisher, Sweetbaum, Levin & Sands is pleased to announce that William B. Stanton and Mark E. Honhart have joined the firm’s litigation department.

Former city attorney (and faithful Docket Committee member) Greg Rawlings has joined Springer and Steinberg.

Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Hugh C. Thatcher has joined the firm as an associate, focusing on litigation, health and safety, and industrial crisis management matters.

Hollynd Hoskins was mentioned in a Denver Post story about "Bionic Boomers," baby-boomers who push their bodies to the limits but stay active through new medical techniques. Hoskins still does long bicycling events and is trying to stave off knee-replacement surgery.

You may know of Duane "Dog" Chapman as the bounty hunter, but did you know his attorney is Denver’s own Gary Lozow? Lozow got a mention in The Post’s entertainment column that featured Dog’s new autobiography.

Penny Parker’s Rocky Mountain News "On the Town" column gave a nod to Hal Haddon, who received the first-ever "Owl Farm Fire Extinguisher Award," given by Hunter S. Thompson’s widow Anita, at an event at the Denver Press Club.

Don Bain was pictured in The Post for his attendance at the National Sports Center for the Disabled’s summer fundraiser.

Immigration lawyer Nancy Elkind was quoted as an expert in a Post story about legal scams aimed at immigrants.

Gale Miller and Rebecca Love Kourlis were pictured in The Post, along with a write-up of the Colorado Judicial Institute’s first Judicial Independence Breakfast.

In a Denver Post Q & A, Curtis Kennedy, attorney for the Association of US West Retirees, said, among other things, that his heroes were his schoolteachers and foster parents.

DBA Past-President Chris Little’s darling daughters Kate and Molly Jordan Little were pictured in The Post at Zip-A-De-Do at the Zoo, a fundraiser for the zoo’s Red Apple Fund.

The Post’s "Catching Up with the Social Scene" featured the Culturehaus Annual Membership’s 10th anniversary party organized by Ericka Englert, who was pictured with Mayor Hickenlooper — an original founder of the organization — and other board members.

SURVEY SAYS …

According to a Robert Half Legal survey, nearly half (45 percent) of attorneys polled said their legal departments have increased their use of outside legal counsel in the last year. Only 12 percent said levels have decreased.

BRICKS AND MORTAR

Julie Waggener has become of counsel to Cockrell, Quinn & Creighton. As of Nov. 1, two of the firm’s lawyers, Richard Foster and Victor Quinn, will join her to form Waggener & Foster LLC. Contact her at 400 S. Colorado Blvd. #900, Glendale, 80246. Phone: (303) 322-0236; fax: (303) 860-7344; e-mail: jwaggener@wlfllc.com.